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1. STS-131 MCC Status Report #01
2. MONTEREY STUDENTS SET TO RECEIVE CALL FROM ORBITING SPACE SHUTTLE ASTRONAUTS -- INCLUDING FORMER TEACHER
3. STS-131 MCC Status Report #02

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Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 14:30:54 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-131 MCC Status Report #01

STS-131 Report #01 Monday, April 5, 2010 - 2 p m CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON � Space shuttle Discovery, carrying a crew of seven and supplies and equipment for the International Space Station, launched at 5:21 a m CDT Monday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to begin a three-spacewalk resupply mission

Commander Alan G Poindexter, Pilot James P Dutton Jr and Mission Specialists Clayton Anderson, Rick Mastracchio, Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, Stephanie Wilson and Naoko Yamazaki of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency began their 13-day mission with an 8 5-minute dash to orbit to begin the pursuit of the space station

Aboard the station waiting to welcome Discovery crew members are Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov and Russian Flight Engineers Alexander Skvortsov and Mikhail Kornienko, Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and NASA Flight Engineers T J Creamer and Tracy Caldwell Dyson The Expedition crew will welcome the Discovery astronauts to the orbiting laboratory early Wednesday

Discovery�s crew deployed the Ku-Band antenna shortly after reaching orbit and checked out its systems The antenna did not successfully complete its standard initial activation sequence and is not operational at this time The dish-shaped antenna is used for high data rate communications with the ground, including television, and for the shuttle's radar system that is used during rendezvous with the station

Loss of the antenna operations will not impact mission safety or success Discovery can safely rendezvous and dock with the station and successfully complete all of its planned mission objectives without use of the Ku-Band antenna, if needed The Ku-Band system is one of several shuttle communications systems that can be used for transmission of voice and data to and from the ground Discovery also has multiple systems that provide backup capability for the rendezvous radar system

STS-131 flight controllers are continuing to troubleshoot the problem with Discovery's Ku-Band antenna while also formulating plans to conduct the mission without use of the shuttle Ku system if necessary

The crew began a sleep period at 11:21 a m and is scheduled to be awakened at 7:21 p m to begin the mission's first full day in orbit The day will focus on using the robotic arm and the Orbital Boom Sensor System extension to inspect the reinforced carbon-carbon on the leading edges of the shuttle�s wings and nose cap Video of that inspection will be recorded aboard Discovery and transmitted to the ground after the shuttle docks with the station Mastracchio and Anderson will prepare the spacesuits they will wear for their three planned spacewalks Docking preparations will occupy the remainder of the crew�s day

The next shuttle status report will be issued after crew wakeup or earlier if warranted

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Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 15:04:10 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: MONTEREY STUDENTS SET TO RECEIVE CALL FROM ORBITING SPACE SHUTTLE ASTRONAUTS -- INCLUDING FORMER TEACHER

April 5, 2010

Jenna Maddix Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-0185

Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997

Alan Richmond Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif 831-656-3649

Report #M10-047

MONTEREY STUDENTS SET TO RECEIVE CALL FROM ORBITING SPACE SHUTTLE ASTRONAUTS -- INCLUDING FORMER TEACHER

WASHINGTON -- Eighth grade students and children of the military community in California's Monterey Peninsula area will speak with astronauts orbiting 220 miles above Earth on Saturday, April 10

The call with the students and space shuttle Discovery Commander Alan Poindexter, Pilot Jim Dutton, and Mission Specialist Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger will take place at 7:36 a m PDT at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif

Reporters interested in attending the event must contact Alan Richmond at 831-656-3649 by 3 p m on April 7

The Naval Postgraduate School has educated 38 NASA astronauts, including Poindexter and former astronaut Dan Bursch, the school's National Reconnaissance Office Chair, who is leading the downlink event

Discovery and its crew launched Monday, April 5, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida During the 13-day mission to the International Space Station, the astronauts will deliver science experiments and supplies; take three spacewalks to switch out a gyroscope on the station's truss, or backbone; install a spare ammonia storage tank and return a used one; and retrieve a Japanese experiment from the station's exterior

Metcalf-Lindenburger is one of three teachers selected to fly as shuttle mission specialists in the 2004 Educator Astronaut Class She operates the shuttle's robotic arm Without robotics, major accomplishments like building the station, repairing satellites in space and exploring other worlds would not be possible

To introduce the students to the mission and prepare them for the downlink, the Naval Postgraduate School produced a video using NASA footage of Discovery and the STS-131 crew in training Astronaut John Phillips and former astronaut Jim Newman, both professors at the school, will join Bursch to provide an overview of the mission They will answer questions before and after the downlink about how to become an astronaut, pursue a career in space, and train for shuttle missions Students from the Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will host a variety of space artifact displays for the student participants

The Naval Postgraduate School is a leader in space systems education and active in space-related outreach and education in the local and regional community; it celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2010

The event is part of a series with educational organizations in the U S and abroad to improve teaching and learning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics The in-orbit call is part of Teaching From Space, a NASA project that uses the unique environment of human spaceflight to promote learning opportunities and build partnerships with the kindergarten through 12th grade education community

NASA Television will air video of the astronauts during the downlink For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For information about NASA and robotics, including messages from Metcalf-Lindenburger for teachers and students, visit:

http://www nasa gov/education/robotics

For information about NASA's education programs, visit:

http://www nasa gov/education

For information about the space shuttle and its crew, visit:

http://www nasa gov/shuttle

The Naval Postgraduate School's STS-131 video is available at:

http://www nps edu/video/portal

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Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 20:27:41 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: STS-131 MCC Status Report #02

STS-131 Report #02 Monday, April 5, 2010 - 8:30 p m CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas

HOUSTON � Space shuttle Discovery�s seven-member crew will spend their first full day in space today conducting normal scans of their spacecraft, preparing spacesuits for use later in the mission and readying the shuttle to dock to the International Space Station early on Wednesday

The crew was awakened at 7:21 p m to the song �Find Us Faithful� performed by Steve Green It was played for veteran mission specialist Clayton Anderson, who spent 152 days as a member of the station�s Expedition 15 crew in 2007

The day will focus on using the robotic arm and the Orbiter Boom Sensor System extension to inspect Discovery's thermal protection system tiles and reinforced carbon-carbon heat shielding on the shuttle�s wings and nose cap Discovery's Ku-Band communications system, used to transmit and receive high data rate communications such as television, is not operating As a result, video of the inspection will be recorded aboard Discovery and transmitted to the ground after the shuttle docks with the station Typically the inspection video is simultaneously transmitted live to the ground and recorded aboard the shuttle for later review

Taking turns maneuvering the robotic arm from Discovery�s aft flight deck for the inspections will be Commander Alan G Poindexter, Pilot James P Dutton Jr and Mission Specialists Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, Stephanie Wilson and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Naoko Yamazaki

Dutton and Metcalf-Lindenburger will be at the controls of the shuttle robotic arm tonight to unberth the Orbiter Boom Sensor System from the starboard sill The inspection uses cameras and lasers at the end of the boom to provide 3-D views of the orbiter The data will be reviewed by experts on the ground to ensure the heat protection system is in good condition

While the inspection takes place from Discovery's flight deck, Mission Specialists Rick Mastracchio and Anderson will be on the shuttle's middeck to prepare the spacesuits they will wear for their three planned spacewalks The rest of the day will include a check of the rendezvous tools the crew will use during Wednesday�s approach to the station Waiting aboard the station to welcome Discovery�s crew are Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov and Russian Flight Engineers Alexander Skvortsov and Mikhail Kornienko, Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and NASA Flight Engineers T J Creamer and Tracy Caldwell Dyson The next shuttle status report will be issued at the end of the crew�s work day, or earlier if warranted

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